Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Biographical Notes

1. Introduction: Prologue to Crisis
2. Dim Lite Night Lamp: Early Attempts at Détente in Paris and Warsaw, 1929–33
3. The Soviet Quest for US Recognition, 1930–3
4. Setback: The Metro-Vickers Affair, 1933
5. Rapallo or Not?
6. "Strike while the Iron Is Hot": Strengthening Relations with France, 1933
7. Shadows of Doubt over Moscow, 1933–4
8. "One Step Back, Two Steps Forward"
9. Nobody Wants the "Bolo Baby": Failure of US-Soviet Relations, 1933–5
10. Koshmar: The Agonising Turn in Relations with France, 1934–5
11. Bridging the Chasm: The Anglo-Soviet Rapprochement, 1933–5
12. Showdown: Negotiating the Franco-Soviet Pact, 1934–5
13. No Bridging the Gap: Erosion of the Anglo-Soviet Rapprochement, 1935
14. The Weak Hinge: Fighting for Relations with France, 1935–6
15. Collapse in London: The Failure of the Anglo-Soviet Rapprochement, 1936
16. Good News, Bad News: The Fall of Laval and the Failure of France, 1936
17. Epilogue

Selected Bibliography

About the Author

Michael Jabara Carley is a professor of history at the Université de Montréal.

Reviews

"Stalin’s Gamble is a remarkable reconstruction not only of Soviet foreign policy but of an entire era that led to the enormous suffering of the Second World War. The author’s superb scholarship and fluid writing style merit the attention of a broad selection of scholars, diplomats, and the educated public." - Jonathan M. House, U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, Emeritus (Russian Review)